AFRAM (AMSA For Refugee and Asylum Seeker Mental Health) is a student-run advocacy group that educates and empowers medical students to advocate for change of current Australian policy to meet the international standard for refugee protection.

There are many ways you can join AFRAM in improving refugee mental health. You can sign up to the AFRAM campaign, check out our 3-tiered approach, share our message online and come to our events in your local area. Get Involved

SIGN UP TO AFRAM

Sign up to the AFRAM campaign today and join us in the campaign to improve refugee and asylum seeker mental health.

60% of detainees suffer from some form of mental illness

WHAT WE CALL FOR

End of Mandatory Detention and Offshore Processing.

Use of immigration detention should be a short-term option, used only for as long as it is needed to enable appropriate security and health clearances to be completed. No children, especially when unaccompanied, should be held in detention.

The end of punitive deterrence policies.

Such action has only led to the amplification of mental health trauma amongst this community.

Equitable opportunity to enjoy good health in Australia, regardless of visa status or financial means.

This means accessible and appropriate mental health services for refugees and asylum seekers in detention and in community addressing negative mental health outcomes.

Fulfilment of the fundamental rights of asylum seekers to seek protection.

This is a right protected by the UN Refugee Convention.

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Would you be happy to co-sign an AMSA letter to your local Federal and State politicians? This letter will inform them about the mental health impacts of detention and AMSA will automatically send it on your behalf in early April. A sample letter can be viewed hereYes No

Would you like to hear from AFRAM or AMSA's other global health sub-committees like Crossing Borders in the future?